◎VI.A Great Wall Coastal Gallery and Paradise of L...

Chapter VI Name Cards of Qinhuangdao

◎I.“The paradise is created by nature, and people living in Penglai are like immortals”

“The paradise is created by nature, and people living in Penglai are like immortals.” This is Kang Youwei's evaluation of the environment and scenery in his poem titled An Inscription about Lotus Stone when he visited Beidaihe, Qinhuangdao in 1923.As an internationally famous tourist city,Qinhuangdao is attracting a large number of tourists to come for leisure and vacation.In recent years, Qinhuangdao City has adhered to the development strategy of building the city by ecology, taking building an ecological model city among the urban agglomeration of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei as its main goal of development.It has improved the quality of the ecological environment by implementing the action of “blue sky, clear water and clean land,”and actively carried out eco-tourism.

As one of the first batch of Gulf Chief System pilot cities in China, Qinhuangdao has actively strengthened the protection of its marine ecological environment and delimited its ecological red line and development boundary.The qualification rate of Class-I water quality of bathing beaches has reached 98.6%, and the water quality has been fundamentally improved.In order to better promote the construction of national forest city, Qinhuangdao has actively promoted aあorestation.Over the past three years, a total of 1.522 million mu of aあorestation area has been completed, and the forest coverage rate has reached 54%, realizing the beautiful urban style of “forest in the city,and city in the forest.”

In the future, Qinhuangdao will actively explore exchanges and cooperation with Beijing and Tianjin to develop its characteristic tourism industry and life & health industry.While improving the quality of the ecological environment, Qinhuangdao will use the whole-region tourism to drive the development of characteristic towns, the characteristic towns to drive the development of beautiful villages, and the beautiful villages to allow farmers to get better-oあ, so as to make the green economy the brightest name card for urban development.

◎II.City of Wheel Manufacturing: A “Made in China” Flag

With the rapid development of the national automobile industry, Qinhuangdao CITIC Dicastal has become an internationalization model of national brands.More than half of the cars have “made by Dicastal” in Europe;its global partners are all international excellent automobile manufacturers such as Mercedes Benz, BMW, Audi, Volkswagen, GM, Ford, Chrysler,Toyota, Honda, and Nissan, making it an automobile parts supplier with the largest production capacity, the widest customer group, the highest product level and the best brand image in the global aluminum wheel industry.The oきcial register of Kessman Qinhuangdao Factory on November 1, 2013, is an important measure taken by CITIC Dicastal to localize the advanced technology of German Kessman Foundry Group.CITIC Dicastal is committed to building a world leading manufacturing base for automobile light-weight parts through innovation.

◎III.Soccer City in North China

Qinhuangdao, as a historical witness of the development of the Chinese football industry, has made great contributions to the development of Chinese football.Football is undoubtedly the most dynamic name card of Qinhuangdao.The glory and dream of football has been accumulating and everlasting in this city.In 2008, Qinhuangdao assisted Beijing in holding 12 Olympic football qualifiers with high criteria and high quality, which added luster to China's centennial Olympic dream and left precious Olympic wealth for Qinhuangdao.So far, Qinhuangdao has hosted more than 100 football matches at home and abroad.With international and domestic competitions,and many trials and experiences, Qinhuangdao is booming step by step as a name card of Football City in North China.

◎IV.Brilliant Shanhaiguan Bridge Group Through Onecentury Wind and Rain

Steel bridges are the foundation of Shanhaiguan Bridge Group's high reputation.Starting from the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, the first bridge on the Yangtze River, more and more bridges have continuously presented the contributions made by China Railway Shanhaiguan Bridge Group Co., Ltd.to the country.After entering the 21st century, China Railway Shanhaiguan Bridge Group began to enter China's market of large highway steel bridges,and achieved great success.From Runyang Bridge to Sutong Bridge, from Tianxingzhou Bridge to Dashengguan Bridge, from Stonecutters Island Bridge to Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, China Railway Shanhaiguan Bridge Group Co., Ltd.has become a leading enterprise in the industry.China Railway Shanhaiguan Bridge Group Co., Ltd.has made steel bridges north across the river, and south across the sea.It has enriched the water systems crossed by steel bridges, including the Yellow River, Liaohe River, and Songhua River,and also written its glory in manufacturing cross-sea bridges, including Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, Stonecutters Bridge, Shenzhen Bay Bridge, Jiashao Cross-sea Bridge and Xiamen-Zhangzhou Cross-sea Bridge.

Beijing-Guangzhou High-speed Railway and Beijing-Shanghai Highspeed Railway, which run through China's north and south, cross the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, respectively.At the four intersections of the two railways and two rivers, there are Dashengguan Yangtze River Bridge,Tianxingzhou Yangtze River Bridge, Zhengzhou Yellow River Bridge and Ji'nan Yellow River Bridge.China Railway Shanhaiguan Bridge Group Co.,Ltd.is the only enterprise in China to participate in the manufacture of all four bridges.

◎V.Ecological Qinhuangdao: Paradise of Birds

Its good ecological environment is the most precious name card of Qinhuangdao.Qinhuangdao is bordered by Yan Mountains on the north and Bohai Sea on the south.There are more than 6,000 hectares of lush forests between the mountains and the coast, and more than 500,000 mu of rare coastal wetlands such as beaches, swamps, ponds, and meadows, which provide a good natural environment for birds to live in.Beidaihe Seashore Wetland, as the migration channel of migratory birds from Northeast Asia to Australia, embraces millions of migratory birds every year.There are also a large number of summer migrants and resident birds breeding in Qinhuangdao.Therefore, Beidaihe River in Qinhuangdao naturally becomes the“holy land” in the hearts of bird watchers and ranks among the four worldclass bird watching places.In recent years, Qinhuangdao City has steadily improved its forest coverage and the quality of sea water, so as to continuously improve the habitat of migratory birds.

◎VI.A Great Wall Coastal Gallery and Paradise of Leisure in Four Seasons

Qinhuangdao boasts the Great Wall, neighboring sea and mountains,beautiful ecology, and pleasant seasons.It has the best sandy coastline in northern China because of the gentle beach, clear water, soft sand and low tide.Qinhuangdao is a famous coastal tourism city at home and abroad.With its rich natural and cultural landscapes, it has won many reputations, such as China Coastal Park of the Great Wall, China Charming City of Leisure and Eco-tourism, China Top 100 Eco-tourism Cities, and Famous International Tourism City.Qinhuangdao has a good ecology, a beautiful environment,and a pleasant climate.It is not severely cold in winter and extremely hot in summer.The blue sky and green land, blue sea and golden sand form perfect contrasts.The parks, squares, and green spaces spreading all over Qinhuangdao make the city full of vitality.